1 Thessalonians 5:6 Parallel Translations
NASB: so then let us not sleep as others do, but let us be alert and sober. (NASB ©1995)
GWT: Therefore, we must not fall asleep like other people, but we must stay awake and be sober.(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
ASV: so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober.
BBE: So then, let us not take our rest as the others do, but let us be self-controlled and awake.
DBY: So then do not let us sleep as the rest do, but let us watch and be sober;
ERV: so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober.
WEY: So then let us not sleep, like the rest of the world, but let us keep awake and be sober.
WBS: Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
WEB: so then let's not sleep, as the rest do, but let's watch and be sober.
YLT: so, then, we may not sleep as also the others, but watch and be sober,
1 Thessalonians 5:6 Cross References
XREF:Romans 13:11 Do this, knowing the time, that it is already the hour for you to awaken from sleep; for now salvation is nearer to us than when we believed.

Ephesians 2:3 Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.

1 Thessalonians 4:13 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do the rest who have no hope.

1 Thessalonians 5:10 who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we will live together with Him.

1 Peter 1:13 Therefore, prepare your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
PNT: 5:6 Therefore let us not sleep, as [do] others. Since Christians are of the day, they should be wide awake. Day is not the time for sleep. A sleep of the spiritual faculties, which renders one insensible to danger, is meant. Instead of sleeping, Christians should
watch and be sober minded. For a comment declaring how we should obey this, turn to Lu 21:34,36.
WES: 5:6 Awake, and keep awake - Being awakened, let us have all our spiritual senses about us.
MHC: 5:6-11 Most of mankind do not consider the things of another world at all, because they are asleep; or they do not consider them aright, because they sleep and dream. Our moderation as to all earthly things should be known to all men. Shall Christians, who have the light of the blessed gospel shining in their faces, be careless about their souls, and unmindful of another world? We need the spiritual armour, or the three Christian graces, faith, love, and hope. Faith; if we believe that the eye of God is always upon us, that there is another world to prepare for, we shall see reason to watch and be sober. True and fervent love to God, and the things of God, will keep us watchful and sober. If we have hope of salvation, let us take heed of any thing that would shake our trust in the Lord. We have ground on which to build unshaken hope, when we consider, that salvation is by our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, to atone for our sins and to ransom our souls. We should join in prayer and praise one with another. We should set a good example one before another, and this is the best means to answer the end of society. Thus we shall learn how to live to Him, with whom we hope to live for ever.
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